• Panini@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      15 hours ago

      Pointing out industrial scale imperialist and colonialist actions and policies in their larger opponents to argue hypocrisy is one of the very rare occasions the Nazis were just straight up correct. Obviously their motives were still disgusting as they then used this point to argue that it somehow makes any of their actions and beliefs normal and okay, but the hypocrisy and lack of genuine ideological opposition they were identifying was in fact very real.

      The fact the Nazis also identified this fact of reality because it benefited them in the moment to do so does not make it a Nazi talking point to acknowledge, as it is simply a fact of reality.

    • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      21 hours ago

      British were all the way up to Thailand(?) by the time Nazis started expanding. Was it Nazi rhetoric too? Ever heard of phrase “the sun doesn’t set on British empire?”

      It’s funny how all west nation were into imperialism but then one goes overboard and all the blame is put on them. Everyone else gets a pass.

      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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        10 hours ago

        Fuck off.

        Imperialism and fascism being similar in effect if you think history, wars, and conquest can be described by changed borders like in a fucking video game simply isn’t the same thing as a deliberate ideological war of extermination.

        Manifest Destiny is a fair comparison, especially as it is a specific inspiration of Lebensraum. Pretending all the 30’s empires were equally bad doing equally bad things is just Nazi apologia and their literal rhetoric, you useful idiot.